Tag: Pistons

  • The Clippers are Buoyed for One Night

    The Clippers are Buoyed for One Night

    The Los Angeles Clippers have faced a lot of pressure and scrutiny over the years for their lackluster performance on the court, but for one night the stars shined in L.A. including James Harden.

    Harden scored 50 points and marked the 24th time in history behind Wilt Chamberlain, Michael Jordan, and Kobe Bryant, he accomplished that. The Clippers faced the young defending Detroit Pistons and boy were not as bad, but they culminated a recipe for disaster based on the season Cade Cunningham, Jalen Duran, and Ausar Thompson has been developing.

    The Clippers went all separate ways and deviated from the fact that they were not resilient. They had help. Owner Steve Ballmer, like normal, sat courtside with former president Barack Obama and Harden meanwhile displayed some of his old signature moves from Houston and Oklahoma City. This was nothing out of the ordinary as Harden has been used to scoring at least more than 20 points in a quarter this season, four times.

    Without Kawhi Leonard and Norman Powell, and the fact that Ivica Zubac leftover piece from the Los Angeles Lakers, showed out on both ends and scored 22 along with 11-20 shooting and being very vocal, said extremes. Much so without legend Lou Williams being there. The ghost of the devil reigned in the most points scored in Clippers history before Harden during the 2018 season.

    Harden scored his first major doubles like this since 2019 and it has. not come close to the fact, though, still for one night the Clippers must fight hard in the knits of adversity. They must sail past the game that set them apart from losing six of seven games since the All-Star and what decided execution.

    The Pistons were a good team as they won 10 of 11 games most recently prior to this one, so my hats to the Los Angeles Clippers on one spectacular night and hopefully more to come for their fanbase.

  • SK Unfiltered: Detroit Pistons vs. Boston Celtics 12/28/23 Film Study

    SK Unfiltered: Detroit Pistons vs. Boston Celtics 12/28/23 Film Study

  • Gores Under Scrutiny Again Following Boston Loss

    Gores Under Scrutiny Again Following Boston Loss

    The Detroit Pistons were defeated by the Boston Celtics in overtime by a final score of 122-128.

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    The biggest takeaway is Cade Cunningham. Even though he delivered a solid shooting night with 31 points and key defensive plays, he was not to be found in critical possessions with the ball in his hand. Instead, it was Bojan Bogdanonovic with the overwhelming pressure of dribbling and counteracting the situations of carrying the load. He finished with 17 points and an astounding 12 rebounds to lose under Tom Gores.

    Tom Gores has undeniably mishandled the Detroit Pistons organization by the scene of tonight’s finish to Detroit vs. Boston. Detroit gained an opportunity to snap a 28-game losing streak but failed because Gores refuses to pay. It is no underlying fact to the Pistons’ ensuing season.

    Game after game, they fight. No matter the consequence, these Pistons work relentlessly and Jalen Duren played effortlessly.

    Isiah Stewart, earning some trade interest, was injured including Monte Morris. As for the Celtics side, Jaylen Brown permitted no shade in Jayson Tatum’s performance. Tatum was not clutch this go around, per usual (46%), but managed to play inside the paint.

    It does seem after all Tatum is emerging into a legitimate Eastern Conference threat for a very long time. Who else is contributing is Kristaps Porzingis understanding of where to position on the court.

    It is his simple assignment of doing because otherwise tonight Porzingis proved reason to believe he could and can shoot from outside sharply.

    There are only a handful of shot selections according to his past years charts that indicate, he is none other than a Latvian basketball player who has grown a liking to dunk the basketball and play within the confined pressures of Boston.

    According to Statmuse, Porzingis fares better from a point differential standpoint at home. The difference is -22.

    Cade Cunningham has played extravagant in Detroit. The slight problem with that and opposite Porzingis is he accumulates a 40-point differential on the road and at home.

    This is not Detroit.

    More recently, the Pistons celebrated its 1990 NBA championship anniversary and it did include their Boston rivalry with Larry Bird or Kevin McHale into the future. The future is aeronautically rivaling but Bogdanovic’s days alleviating ball pressure from Cunningham are over and roaming the court loosely without time to think of a confident, shooting passer.